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D E D I C A T E D FLA G D A Y 



NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT 



NYACKyN. Y., September, 1908. 

THIS^ little pamphlet has been prepared and 
printed by the Boulder Memorial Committee 
from a fund contributed by a number of our citizens. 
It has been compiled aiid edited, by the patriotic 
Instructor of Waldrph Post and aiopy sent to every 
membef of the Post, Corps and Camp/ Library 
Trustees, Officials of the County and Town, Trusr 
tees of the four Villages, Rockland Railroad Co., 
Nyack Fire Departmen,! Officials, Teachers Pub- 
lic School, Cemetery and Y. M. C. A. trustees, 
Uie C'erev and others, 

WITH THE COMPUMENTS OF 

Isaac E. Pye, G, M. Montgomery, Louis L. Robbms, 
Thomas L. Sanborn and Oliver H. Scott, of Waldron 
Post, G. A. R,; Mrs. Mary M. Halliday, Mrs. Mary 
Strack, Mrs. Hattie WaUers, Mrs. M J. Scott, Mrs. 

Ida Coleman, Mrs. Josephine Conov«r, Mrs. .Lizzie N. 
Hunt, Mrs. Mary Phillips and Mrs. Maria" Smith, of 
Waldron Corps, W..R. C; EJlis Scott, J. Elmer Christie, 
Warren Hill and Harry Minford, of Sanborn Camp, 
S. O. V 

BOULDER MEMORIAL COMMITTEE. 

VERA E. COLEMAN. Secretary. 



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^/IPOSITE PHOTO BY H. F. DUTCHER, NYACK 



THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BOULDER. 



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LINCOLN MEMORIAL 
BOULDER 



AN INSPIRATION TO THE LIVING 
A TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD : : 



DEDICATED JUNE THIRTEENTH — FLAG DAY 
nineteen hundred and eight 



Published by 

CHARLES M. MONTGOMERY 

Patriotic Instructor Waldron Post, No. 82, Dept. of New York, G. A. R. 

NYACK . ON - HUDSON 



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Executive Chamber, 

Albany, N. Y., August 27, 1908. 

I take pleasure in commending the patriotic senti- 
ment which has animated the members of the Wal- 
dron Post and the men and women who join with 
them in the work of the Lincoln Memorial Boulder 
Committee. 

There is one man who presents to the American 
people above all others in his many-sided great- 
ness the type, the representative, of those quali- 
ties which distinguish American character and make 
possible the maintenance of our National strength. 
He is, par excellence, the true American, Abraham 
Lincoln. 

His was not the early training of those who, like 
many of our distinguished men, had the advantages 
afforded by parentage, by noble traditions although 
in poor circumstances, with schooling and environ- 
ment which would stimulate the loftiest of aspira- 
tions. He sprung from conditions which would seem 
to stifle ambition. He simply was a man; a man 
born; a great American; superior to all the disad- 
vantages which surrounded his birth and early 
training. 

He was a humane man, a man of emotion, which 
he never allowed to control his reason; a man of 
sentiment, of deep feeling. He was a lowly man, 
never asserting himself as superior to his fellows, 
but he could rise in the dignity of his humanity to a 

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majesty which has seldom been equaled by any ruler 
of any people under any form of government. 

We see in Lincoln patience, the reasoning faculty, 
humanity, the democratic sentiment, patient consid- 
eration, all combined; and we may well learn from 
him the lesson which at any hour of our history we 
should well study. 

"Why," said Lincoln, "should we not have patient 
confidence in the ultimate justice of the American 
people?" 

Why not, indeed? Who are the American people? 
They are the most intelligent people organized in 
any civil society on the face of this broad earth. They 
have abundant opportunities for education. They 
are keen and alert. If we can only feel as Lincoln 
felt and derive our political sentiments from the 
study of the principles of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence and proceed as Lincoln did, with remorse- 
less logic, to the consideration of the demands of 
every exigency, there can be no question but that 
each problem will be solved and that every decade 
of American history will witness a further advance 
and that the prosperity of the future will far trans- 
cend anything that we have realized in the past. 

Very sincerely yours, 




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GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought 
forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in 
Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that a\\ men 
are created equaJ. 

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing 
whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and 
so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a 
great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedi- 
cate a portion of that field as a fined resting place for 
those who here gave their lives that that nation might 
live. It is zJtogether fitting and proper that we should 
do this. 

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate-we can 
not consecrate-we cannot heJlow-this ground. The 
brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have 
consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or 
detract. 

The world v^oll little note nor long remember what 
we say here, but it can never forget what they did 
here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated 
here to the unfinished work which they who fought 
here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather 
for us to be here dedicated to the great task remeiining 
before us - that from these honored dead we take in- 
creased devotion to that cause for which they gave 
the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly 
resolve that these dead sheJl not have died in vain 
- that this nation, under God, sheill have a new birth 
of freedom - and that government of the people, by 
the people, for the people, shall not perish from the 




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ABRAHAM UNCOLN. 
Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. 



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5IIj0 Utttraln Snulb^r. 

toitli an Snhoration, 

BY LOUIS BRADFORD COUCH, M. D. 
NYACK. N, Y. 

O Mighty Boulder, wrought by God's own hand. 
Throughout all future ages thou shalt stand 
A monument of honor to the brave 
Who yielded up their lives, their all, to save 
Our glorious country, and to make it free 
From bondsmen's tears and lash of slavery. 

Securely welded to thy rugged breast. 
Through all the coming ages there shall rest 
Our Lincoln's tribute to a patriot band. 
The noblest ever penned by human hand. 

The storms of centuries may lash and beat 

Thy granite face and bronze with hail and sleet; 

But futile all their fury. In a day 

The loyal sun shall melt them all away. 

Equal in death our gallant heroes sleep 

In Southern trench, home grave, or ocean deep; 

Equal in glory, fadeless as the light 

The stars send down upon them through the night. 

O priceless heritage for us to keep 

Our heroes' fame immortal while they sleep ! 

O God, still guide us with Thy loving hand. 
Keep and protect our glorious Fatherland. 



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THE BOULDER. 




BY E, K. RUSSELL. CHAPLAIN OF WALDRON POST. 

EVEN and forty years ago, at the call of 
Father Abraham, there came from all sta- 
tions in life, loyal men who by their answer 
to the call said—" If my country needs a human sac- 
rifice to maintain its honor, take me." 

Pen and voice have tried in vain to tell the full 
story of that dreadful struggle into the vortex of which 
went so many loved ones, and we see them no more. 
Yet they still live, not only in the hearts of those 
nearest and dearest to them, but they still live in the 
memory of appreciating townsmen and a grateful na- 
tion. As witness of this, see in most of our cities and 
villages throughout the land Monuments or Memor- 
ial Boulders erected in memory of their heroic dead. 
Deep down in the hearts of the veterans of 
Nyack long has been cherished a hope that the time 
might soon come when its name could be added to 
the list of places having erected Soldiers' and Sailors' 
Monuments. The answer to their prayer came 
through an inspiration caught by Patriotic Instructor 
C. M. Montgomery, of Waldron Post, No. 82, G.A.R., 
to place a Memorial on our Library Grounds, 
on seeing an engraving of a Boulder placed by the 
New York Historical Association to mark the Revo- 
lutionary Battle Ground at Glens Falls. The sim- 

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plicity, as well as its effectiveness, convinced him that 
such a Monument was the proper thing for Nyack. 

He accordingly interviewed Mr. A. M. Voorhis, 
Secretary of the Library Trustees. Finding him 
in favor of the proposition, the case was presented 
to the full Board of Library Trustees who ap- 
proved the plan and granted permission to place the 
Boulder on the south side of the lawn in front of the 
building. 

The matter was then brought before Waldron 
Post at its regular meeting. Comrade Montgomery 
giving a full statement of the facts in the case as it 
then existed, and the project was most enthusiastic- 
ally received and adopted and heartily supported to 
its completion. 

The organizations auxiliary to the Post, namely: 
The Woman's Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans, 
loyally pledged themselves to the support of the 
matter and did good work until the finish. 

On Monday, February loth, 1908, the Daily 
Press jointly made the first pubHc announcement in 
full of the undertaking, each paper editorially highly 
commending the whole proposition, the Nyack Jour- 
nal leading the list of contributors. 

The children of the Villages then entered upon 
the task of procuring the money with which to meet 
the necessary expense, while the members of the Post 
and others sought for the Boulder, and Rockland 
County, at least that portion within reasonable dis- 

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tance of town, was explored on hill and in dale, to 
find a perfect stone, for only such an one was deemed 
worthy of the object. They failed on land to find 
such an one, and turning to the Historic Hudson, 
opposite the home of Mr. N. B. Gushing, the seekers 
saw, rearing its head above the waters, the Boulder 
which was deemed worthy to bear upon its breast the 
Tablet containing those immortal words which came 
from the lips of Abraham, the called of God, to lead 
our beloved Nation through the scourge of Civil War, 
and that Badge, the symbol of his army who by their 
loyalty to his will preserved us as a nation. 

The consent of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Gushing hav- 
ing been obtained to remove the Boulder, and after 
much strenuous labor by W. Parrott & Son, of New- 
burgh, it was landed on the dock foot of Main Street. 
Its weight was lo tons, notwithstanding which it was 
placed upon a large truck, and, under the direction 
of Gommander I. E. Pye and by the power of eight- 
teen horses and loo men with ropes, dragged up the 
hill, and deposited on the Library Grounds. Then 
being placed in proper position upon a bed of con- 
crete, it was ready for the skilled hand of our towns- 
man, Mr. G. M. Travis, who securely anchored upon 
the front of the Boulder a large bronze tablet bearing 
the inscription : 

SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MEMORIAL 
A GIFT FROM 

THE CHILDREN OF NYACK-MAY 30, 1908 

and giving in full the text of Lincoln's Gettysburg 

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Address with lettering that can be plainly read many 
feet distant ; also an enlarged reproduction in bronze 
of the Grand Army of the Republic Badge. 

And thus the Boulder stands to-day, and so will 
it ever stand, a rugged monument from nature's work- 
shop to one of God's rugged noblemen, as well as an 
immortalized tribute to that Grand Army who have 
'• spread their silent tents on Fame's eternal camping 
ground." It is to-day and always will remain a lesson 
teaching pure patriotism to this and succeeding gen- 
erations, 

" For generations yet to come 

This Monument shall stand, 
Unchanging emhlem^ like our hearts, 
And wrought by God's own hand.^^ 

®I}E d. A. a. 



Not a military organization, not a political ma- 
chine, but a unified, solidified federation of veterans, 
whose patriotism and faith moved the armies and 
navies of the Union, and secured to the United 
States a mighty future among the powers of the 
earth; a federation of veterans, strengthened by con- 
flict, tried by defeats, baptized in blood, consecrated 
by tears and glorified by the immortal radiance of 
that victory that crowns the battalions of Universal 
Liberty. — General James B. Steedman. 

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COMMANDER WALDRON POST. 



THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL BOULDER 

Stjr Slturnln Eburattntial IC^agu^. 

New York, August 31, 1908. 

The people of Nyack are to be greatly congratu- 
lated upon having the immortal Gettysburg Address 
of Abraham Lincoln in imperishable bronze anchored 
oa a Boulder upon the lawn of their Public Library. 
Probably no better monument to Abraham Lincoln — 
no more appropriate Memorial to the dead he hon- 
ored — no greater inspiration to the highest form of 
patriotism — no better lesson in the beauties of the 
English language could be devised. 

In spite of his modest prophecy, Americans must 
long remember what Abraham Lincoln said, and be 
perpetually inspired by his eloquence and by his ex- 
ample to dedicate themselves to the task which even 
yet remains before them. His principles and his 
patriotism, his patience under misrepresentation, his 
courage and strength in the face of tremendous ob- 
stacles, are needed as an inspiration to each one of 
us to-day if a government of the people, by the peo- 
ple, for the people is long to endure. 

It was the spirit of Abraham Lincoln which, more 
than anything else, surmounted the well-nigh over- 
whelming troubles of his time. If that spirit can 
be kept alive in the American nation, our present 
and future difficulties must give way before it. 

It is most appropriate that the Soldiers' and Sail- 
ors' Memorial in Nyack should take this form. These 
words of Abraham Lincoln must ever prove the best 
epitaph of those who lost their lives in the service 
of their country. 




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Our well-known and popular fellow-townsman, 
Mr. J. Elmer Christie, Patriotic Instructor of Sanborn 
Camp, and also Division Patriotic Instructor of New 
York, S. O. v., in a late issue of The Batmer^ offi- 
cial organ of the Sons of Veterans, aptly commends 
the Lincoln Memorial Boulder in these words : 

The patriotic enterprise, under the supervision of 
the G. A. R., the W. R. C. and S. O. V., at Nyack, in 
erecting a boulder with Lincoln's address on a bronze 
tablet has been consummated, and it was dedicated 
with appropriate ceremonies on Flag Day, June 13th. 

The wisdom of this memorial, the peculiar appro- 
priateness, the little cost and yet the beautiful sim- 
plicity of it, all unite to commend it to our camps 
throughout the State and Nation, and that they will 
give the idea the v/idest circulation and commenda- 
tion, officially so if practicable, so that on the Cen- 
tenary of Lincoln's birth in February next, 1909, we 
may see many of these Lincoln Boulders dedicated 
to his memory and to that of the Soldiers and Sail- 
ors who sustained in the field and on the seas the 
glory of his consummate statesmanship. 
Yours fraternally, 




Both the State and National Commanders, S. O. 
v., in general orders, officially commend the forego- 
ing to Camps throughout the land. 



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DEDICATION CEREMONIES 

OF THE 

Lincoln Memorial Boulder. 



FLAG DAY. 1908. 



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RIGINALLY it was intended to have the 
Boulder dedicated May 30 — Decoration 
Day — but the aged veterans felt unequal 
to the task of observing Memorial Day and the 
Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial both on the 
same day, consequently the unveiling of the Boulder 
was fixed for Saturday afternoon, June 13 — Flag 
Day falling on Sunday. 

The day was ideal. The parade, preceding the 
ceremonies, was imposing. The sky smiled above 
and the air was filled with the sound of happy voices 
of the children, the sparkling enthusiasm of the peo- 
ple and the stirring music of the bands. The scene 
was intermingled with flying flags, the gay uniforms 
of the firemen, the veterans of Waldron Post, the 
Sons of Veterans and the bright and happy school 
children with waving flags, in charge of the Woman's 
Relief Corps. It was a pleasing and inspiring sight 
long to be remembered. 

The parade formed at the corner of Broadway 
and Main Street promptly at two o'clock, in charge 

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of Matthew Evers, Jr., Chief of the Nyack Fire De- 
partment, in the following order : 

PoHce of Nyack and South Nyack, 

Glassing's Haverstraw Band, 

Nyack, South Nyack and Upper Nyack Firemen, 

Waldron Post, No. 82, G. A. R., 

Sanborn Camp, No. 35, Sons of Veterans, 

Rockland Fife and Drum Corps, 

Woman's Relief Corps, 

School Children with Flags. 

The procession moved up 'Broadway to First 
Avenue, up First Avenue to Franklin Street, down 
Franklin to Main Street, down Main to Broadway, 
down Broadway to Cedar Hill Avenue, passing the 
Library and Village Trustees in review, then coun- 
ter-marching to the Library grounds. 

At the close of the parade the people gathered 
in front of the Library building, completely filling the 
grounds, the street and the lawn opposite. Many 
ladies graced the assembly by their presence. 

THE CEREMONIES. 

From the speaker's stand Mr. Howard Van 
Buren, President of the Nyack Library Trustees, 
presided. The exercises opened with music by the 
band, "Marching Through Georgia." The President 
then introduced the Rev. Franklin Babbitt, rector of 
Grace Episcopal Church, saying : "In deference to 
those feelings of dependence upon a higher power, 

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which we know sustained President Lincoln during 
the dark hours of the Civil War, and which we 
should acknowledge to-day, the Divine blessing will 
be invoked by the Rev. Franklin Babbitt." 

PRESENTATION. 

Following the Invocation the Lincoln Memorial 
Boulder was then formally presented to the Library 
Trustees by Comrade Charles M. Montgomery in the 
following fitting words : 

Mr. Howard Van Buren — To you, as president of 
the Nyack Library Trustees, I have the pleasure, the 
privilege and the honor, on behalf of Waldron Post, 
Grand Army of the Republic, of placing in your 
charge this simple Memorial Boulder. On its face is 
inscribed, in enduring bronze, Abraham Lincoln's 
immortal speech delivered on the battlefield of Get- 
tysburg, in November, 1863. On its south face is a 
bronze insignia, emblematic of that Grand Army of 
the Nation of which President Lincoln was Comman- 
der-in-Chief. 

This Memorial, Mr. President, comes as a free-will 
gift to our Village from the patriotic children of the 
Nyacks, aided by a generous public. It is free from 
debt, and we hope, sir, and we believe, that in your 
hands and those of your successors in ofl&ce, this 
Memorial will be cared for and preserved for all time. 

Mr. President, the Memorial is now in your charge. 

UNVEIUNG OF THE MEMORIAL. 

Immediately after Comrade Montgomery ceased 
speaking the bugle's inspiring signal resounded 
throughout the grounds, and in a twinkling the two 

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American flags with which the Memorial was draped 
fell to the lawn. The Lincoln Memorial Boulder 
stood revealed ! This beautiful ceremony was in 
charge of Mrs. Mary M. Halliday, President of the 
Woman's Relief Corps — the following children par- 
ticipating : George Parbury Pollen Jewett, Upper 
Nyack ; Giles Tasman, Nyack ; Raymond Blauvelt, 
South Nyack ; Frank Demarest, Grand View, and 
Male Van Nostrand and Edna Male Halliday, Nyack. 

RESPONSE. 

Simultaneously with the uncovering of the Me- 
morial, Mr. Howard Van Buren, President of the 
Library Trustees, responded to the presentation in 
the following appropriate words : 

Mr. C. M. Montgomery — In behalf of the Board of 
Trustees of the Nyack Library, it affords me great 
pleasure to accept the custody of this noble specimen 
of nature's handiwork. 

We shall never forget the toil and devotion of the 
veterans of Waldron Post, and of those who so effect- 
ively and cheerfully assisted them in bringing this 
boulder here, thus completing, at this favored spot, 
nature's transportation work of ages past. We highly 
appreciate the commendable and graceful action of 
the children of Nyack, aided by the public, in making 
this appropriate and timely gift to our village, and we 
heartily concur in that praiseworthy and patriotic 
sentiment which has prompted it. Be assured, sir, 
that this boulder, once an ancient landmark, but now 
a unique monument, ever will be cared for and guard- 
ed as a lasting memorial and fitting repository for the 

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immortal words of President Lincoln, and for tlie 
honorable and illustrious emblem of the Grand Army 
of the Republic. 

Music by the band, " Hail Columbia." 
In announcing the singing of the " Star Spangled 
Banner" the President said : 

On this, its Natal day, it is highly appropriate that 
'The Star Spangled Banner' should be sung, and I 
am glad to announce that the Rev. Robert J. Holmes, 
a citizen whose services have been often and freely 
conceded in the interests of our village, has kindly 
consented to sing the verses of this grand anthem to 
the national flag. It is very pleasing, too, that the 
chorus is to be sung by the members of our public 
school and their associates, whose contributions have 
enabled our veterans to enter upon that work which 
they have so happily completed to-day. 

Singing, "The Star Spangled Banner." 

MR. HOWARD VAN BUREN'S ADDRESS. 

In presenting the Hon. Arthur S. Tompkins as 
the orator of the occasion, Mr. Van Buren gave the 
audience a gem of patriotic thought that will long be 
cherished by his hearers. He spoke with much feel- 
ing as follows : 

We have assembled to-day to offer tribute of honor 
and respect to the words spoken by Abraham Lincoln 
on that historic and solemn occasion— the consecra- 
tion of the battlefield of Gettysburg to the Federal 
dead. These memorable words, coming straight from 
Ms deep heart of pity and love, breathe the loftiest 

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ideals of civic virtue and patriotism. Measured by 
the most exacting standards, ttiey are a model of 
prose composition and a marvel of compressed 
thought, and are justly valued as one of the world's 
great classics — a masterpiece, whose sublimity of 
thought is equaled only by the simplicity of the lan- 
guage. 

It has been well said that they constitute a unique 
condensation of the true sentiment and innermost 
meaning of the tremendous struggle between the 
North and the South. On this, one of those rare occa- 
sions when the high water mark of oratory is reached, 
there is clearly set forth those fundamental princi- 
ples which were the mainsprings of President Lin- 
coln's policy; that our government is founded, not on 
the shifting sands of an association of sovereign 
States, but on the firm rock of a perpetual union. 
This policy he adhered to throughout the trying years 
of military conflict in the South and political intrigue 
in the North; and this policy, upheld and enforced 
by the army and navy, brought to our land that new 
birth of freedom which he had longed to see. 

In the presence of these immortal words, we Amer- 
icans cannot but feel that, as a lesson in patriotism of 
the highest order, there is a completeness of state- 
ment and a finality of expression, which can neither 
be added to, subtracted from, nor explained; and that 
the most effective and the most befitting tribute we 
can render to this mosaic of high thought and noble 
aspiration is the tribute, not of eloquence, but of our 
thoughtful and earnest contemplation. It is, there- 
fore, most appropriate and fitting that we of this gen- 
eration, now in the full enjoyment of the nation's new 
birth of freedom, should treasure this beautiful prose 

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poem, as we do to-day, by casting it in enduring 
bronze and binding it to tbe eternal rock. 

But the nation has said that the last word about 
I^incoln can never be spoken, and it is with feelings 
of sincere pleasure, mingled with civic pride, that I 
now have the honor of presenting to you the orator of 
the day, our fellow townsman. Judge Tompkins, a 
man whose noteworthy and highly successful public 
life is founded, in no small degree, I believe, on his 
close touch with Lincoln's plain people. (Great 
applause.) 

ORATION BY THE HON. ARTHUR S. TOMPKINS. 
Judge Tompkins in stepping to the front was 
greeted with enthusiastic applause, and gave one of 
the most eloquent addresses ever listened to in Nyack , 
It follows in full : 

Mr. Chairman, Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Ladies 
and Gentlemen: 
This day will be memorable in the history of Nyack 
because it witnesses the dedication of a memorial 
which will stand as long as anything material shall 
stand— a monument that will endure as long as heaven 
permits the works of man to last, to speak to coming 
generations of our loyalty to our country and our 
devotion to its institutions, and our gratitude to those 
whose patriotism and sacrifices bequeathed to us and 
our posterity the rich heritage of a free and united 
country— a monument whose unadorned grandeur 
and massive solidity is a fit emblem both of the 
events in memory of which it is raised and the 
reverence and gratitude of those who have placed it 

here. 

It is peculiarly appropriate that these dedicatory 

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exercises should be held on this day, which is ob- 
served as Flag Day — the anniversary day of the adop- 
tion of the Stars and Stripes as the national emblem. 

There are many things in life which thrill the heart 
and inspire the mind of man. There is inspiration in 
danger and in the applause of our fellows, there is in- 
spiration in the knowledge that our efforts and work 
are appreciated, there is inspiration in oratory and 
poetry and music and song; but there is nothing in 
life that so inspires and thrills the heart of the true 
American as the graceful and beautiful folds of that 
glorious emblem, the Star Spangled Banner, the flag 
for which Lincoln died, the flag for which these vet- 
erans sacriflced and suffered, and for which their 
comrades died, the flag which symbolizes the liberty 
and freedom and union, which Lincoln and the sol- 
diers of '61-'65 preserved, whose bright stars and 
stripes kindle and awaken patriotism in the hearts 
of the young and inspire all men with loyalty and 
devotion to their country and its institutions. 

Under its lead and inspiration, patriots have ad- 
vanced on the field of battle to their death; under 
the spell of its magic power our brave soldiers and 
sailors have forgotten self and kindred and home 
for the honor, integrity and preservation of all that 
it represents. It has gone through many conflicts, 
trials and dangers; it has been stained with the blood 
of martyrs, but never has it been stained with shame. 
It has been rent into tatters by hateful hands, it has 
been riddled by shot and shell and blackened by 
smoke; it has been torn from its staff and trampled 
in the dust; but washed in the blood of the brave, 
that old, tattered, bullet-riddled, blood-stained na- 
tional ensign floats over us to-day in unsullied glory, 

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with "not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single 
star obscured," revered and beloved by Americans 
everywhere, North and South, and respected and hon- 
ored by all the world. 

In the enjoyment of our manifold blessings, in our 
eager quest after knowledge and position, in our 
earnest strife for opportunity and advantage, in these 
days of peace and tranquillity and prosperity, we are 
apt to lose sight of and overlook the services and 
sacrifices of the men, the heroes and martyrs, whose 
patriotism and heroism and sufferings created the 
opportunities and made possible the privileges and 
blessings and accomplished the peace which we enjoy 
in such large measure. We are so likely in times 
of peace and prosperity to forget the hardships en- 
dured, and the patience exercised, and sacrifices made 
by those whose lot it was to cradle and defend our 
country through the struggles of its early life. 

So that it is good and wholesome that we pause, 
now and then, to contemplate the past and reflect 
upon the lives and achievements of those whose 
names and deeds illumine the pages of our country's 
history. 

This monument is to be a perpetual lesson in 
patriotism, which must be based upon a knowledge of 
a nation's history and development, and in this boul- 
der we shall have established for all time: 

First, a memorial of the life and achievements of 
the one man above all others in the history of our 
country most calculated to kindle and keep alive the 
spirit of patriotism in the hearts of the young, the 
grandest and noblest figure of the 19th century- 
Abraham Lincoln. 

Second, the record of his Gettysburg Speech, one 

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of the finest specimens of modern oratory, delivered 
on the occasion of the dedication of the Gettysburg 
Battlefield as a place of burial for the Union soldiers 
who fell on that historic ground; and, 

Third, a silent yet eloquent testimonial speaking 
to the present and all future generations, speaking 
to the youth who are to keep this Republic noble 
and make its future greater and speaking to every 
passer-by of the patriotism, heroism and martyrdom 
of those who, under the command of Lincoln, fought 
our country's battles, leading it out from the 
bondage of slavery, out of the danger of disunion 
and disruption, out from rebellion and bloodshed, into 
the light of liberty, unity and peace. 

It is not surprising that our children responded so 
willingly and gladly to the cost of this testimonial. 
No other life appeals so strongly to the average boy 
and girl as the life of Abraham Lincoln. Born in 
abject poverty, reared in a log cabin amid the most 
unpropitious surroundings, with less than a year's 
schooling in a backwoods district school, spending 
his days as a young man on a poor farm until he 
was 21 years old, then a deck-hand on a Mississippi 
flat boat; carrying a surveyor's chain; the proprietor 
of a little country store, in which he was unsuccess- 
ful; studying law from a few old borrowed law books; 
thus he passed his early years, and from the lowest 
origin, from the smallest beginning with the greatest 
obstacles to overcome, with difiiculties to surmount 
never surpassed, if equaled, in the life of any man 
who has achieved anything worth noting, he rose to 
the highest place, to the most exalted position in the 
gift of his countrymen. Considering his humble 
birth, his few advantages, his many adversities, the 

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critical period in our history with which he had to 
deal, and his great achievements, we are justified in 
esteeming him as the greatest of all Americans of 
every age. 

And we may rejoice that we have this privilege of 
rendering honor to his memory by keepmg alive the 
sentiments which animated him in his great work 
for humanity, and fostering the principles ror which 
he lived and died. His career teaches young men 
that every position of eminence and honor is open 
before the diligent and worthy; his life is a living 
inspiration to every poor, struggling boy and makes 
his path easier and his burdens lighter. 

This monument will also perpetuate the memory 
of the greatest battle of the Civil War, that which 
marked the turning of the war tide toward the 
North, and the beginning of the end of that great 
struggle. It is the finest example of which we have 
any record of the daring and fearlessness and superb 
courage of the American soldier. It is not to en- 
courage the military spirit that this stone is placed 
here, but to keep alive and foster and strengthen the 
spirit of patriotism, that by realizing the cost of our 
liberties and privileges we may the more fully appre- 
ciate their value and be the more zealous in their 
defense and for their protection. 

So long as Bunker Hill and Lexington and Concord 
and Yorktown and Valley Forge are remembered, 
so long as Shiloh and The Wilderness and Vicksburgh 
and The Lookout Mountain and Gettysburg and Ap- 
pomattox illumine the pages of our country's history 
and mark out the pathway of our country's struggles 
and triumphs, so long will the perpetuity of the Re- 
public be assured. 

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To these veterans, these members of the Grand 
Army of the Republic, who honor us and dignify this 
occasion by their presence, we are indebted far be- 
yond our power to pay. They are only the remnants 
of many a well-fought field, a small remnant of the 
Grand Army that marched forth to battle from '61 
to '65. They are the survivors of the bravest army 
that ever walked the earth or gave battle to a foe, 
and in the name of our great country, which they 
saved, in the name of the flag whose honor they pre- 
served, in the name of that liberty and humanity for 
which they fought, and in the name of the 20th cen- 
tury, now enjoying the rich fruits of their sacrifices, 
we thank you and express the hope that your days 
may be long in the land which you saved, and that 
peace and happiness may be your everlasting reward. 

Our gratitude to those in whose honor we have 
met, and in whose honor this stone and tablet are 
being dedicated, can best be manifested by a steady 
attachment to that spirit of liberty which was kindled 
in the hearts of the Pilgrim Fathers; by a steadfast 
devotion to and prompt defence of the institutions so 
wisely established by the fathers; by our willingness 
to give treasure and blood and kin and life, if nec- 
essary, for the preservation of that political and re- 
ligious liberty which they established, and by our 
purpose, not boastingly declared, but deep down and 
firmly rooted in the heart of every American, that 
always, on land and sea, in every land and clime, the 
honor and integrity of the Stars and Stripes, that 
glorious emblem of a free people, shall be main- 
tained and defended. 

Our gratitude should be shown by obedience to 
and respect for the law, by the preservation and ob- 

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servance of all the constitutional checks, safeguards 
and balances upon the powers and privileges of the 
States and the Nation, and the three co-ordinate 
branches of the Federal and State governments; by 
insisting upon equal rights for all and special priv- 
ileges for none, save those who undertake to serve 
the public, and then only with such restrictions and 
limitations and control as will emphasize the fact 
that they are the servants and not the masters; by 
the enactment and impartial enforcement of just and 
equal laws; by the application to the problems aris- 
ing between capital and labor of the Golden Rule; by 
an unceasing warfare against anarchy that would de- 
stroy life and socialism that would overthrow organ- 
ized government, and against every form of vice and 
iniquity that would undermine our institutions, de- 
stroy our Sabbath or subvert our laws; by holding 
fast to the truth and the traditions of the past and 
not allowing ourselves to be sv/ept off our feet by the 
storm of radicalism which now and then passes over 
our country. 

In these days of unusual social and industrial un- 
rest and discontent, in these times of harsh criticism 
and inexcusable pessimism, when some men say that 
there is one rule of conduct, one standard of morality 
for the rich and another for the poor, when some 
men erroneously say that there is one law for the 
rich and another for the poor, when in many minds 
the false notion prevails that money is king and that 
wealth can command all things material; in these 
times it is well to hold up the life of Lincoln as the 
typical American, as the example for the young of 
the 20th century. Y\^ith Lincoln the question was not 
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much graft there was in it for him, not what per- 
quisites and emoluments he could help himself to; 
but rather how much service he could gratuitously 
render, how many sacrifices he could make and how 
much suffering he could endure for his country and 
his fellow-men. 

Yet the character of Lincoln is not unique in that 
respect. Our land everywhere abounds with strong, 
unselfish, patriotic, charitable and honest men, men 
who serve their fellows honestly and conscientiously, 
and to whom the holding of public office is a sacred 
trust. Never were political ideals or professional or 
business standards higher than they are to-day, and 
never before was our country so united and harmoni- 
ous, so prosperous and happy; never were our institu- 
tions so secure, and never was the outlook for the 
future brighter. 

A striking and convincing proof may be found in 
the recent splendid victory for law and order by our 
great Governor, Charles E. Hughes, against most 
powerful influences and unlimited wealth, law, right, 
and the best sentiment have prevailed. Such a result 
would have been impossible twenty-'five years ago. 
Twenty-five and more years ago it would have been 
impossible to have aroused sufficient public sentiment 
to force an unwilling legislature to enact a law of the 
character of the anti-race track gambling bills, nor 
would it have been possible to stay the force of the 
corrupt influences that were at work in opposition to 
those measures, but which in this instance was over- 
come by the moral sense of the State, and this great 
moral triumph, this splendid victory for law and 
order, is one of the many good signs of the times. 

Now and then we are startled and alarmed by an 

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outbreak here and there, sectional difference, race 
riots, labor troubles, political upheavals, corruption 
and iniquity revealed in this place or that, anarchy 
and socialism. These things sometimes disturb and 
alarm us and cause us to fear for the future of the 
Republic; but, believe me, these things are only tem- 
porary, they are only skin deep. They are mere abra- 
sions upon the body politic, and as a scratch on your 
hand is quickly healed by the healthy blood in your 
veins, so these eruptions and disturbances are quickly 
Tiealed by the strong current of national life which 
is constantly coursing through the veins of the 
Republic. 

^'Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 
'Tis of the wave and not the rock, 
'Tis but the flapping of a sail. 

And not a rent made by the gale. 

In spite of rock and tempest roar. 

In spite of false lights on the shore. 

Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea; 

Our hearts, our hopes are all with thee; 

Our hearts, our hopes, our joys, our tears. 

Our faith, triumphant o'er our fears. 

Are all with thee, are all with thee." 

( Prolonged Applause ) 
CONCLUSION. 

At the conclusion of Judge Tompkins' address, 
which was frequently received with applause in its 
delivery, President Van Buren arose saying: "Under 
the inspiration and enthusiasm so justly awakened by 

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this thoughtful, highly patriotic and eloquent oration 
we will appropriately sing the National Anthem." 

Singing of " America " by the audience. 

The Rev. J. Riley Johnson, D. D., Nyack's 
Nestor, fittingly concluded the exercises by pronounc- 
ing the Benediction. 



JJattonal iMnnum^ttts, 



BY REV. HENRy VAN DYKE. D. D. 

Count not the cost of honor to the dead! 
The tribute that a mighty nation pays 
To those who loved her well in former days 

Means more than gratitude for glories fled; 

For every noble man that she hath bred, 
Immortalized by art's immortal praise. 
Lives in the bronze and marble that we raise. 

To lead our sons as he our fathers led. 

These monuments of manhood, brave and high. 
Do more than forts or battleships to keep 

Our dear-bought liberty. They fortify 

The heart of youth with valor wise and deep; 

They build eternal bulwarks, and command 

Eternal strength to guard our native land. 

Courtesy of The Century Magazine. 

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^\\t Jfgark lEtbrary. 



OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES: 

HOWARD. VAN BUREN . • President 

W. B. CONRAD . • Vice-President 

A. M. VOORHIS Secretary and Treasurer 

DR. E. H. MAYNARD E. F. PERRY 

G. O. MARTINE F. R. CRUMBIE 

G. H. CRAWFORD GERRIT SMITH 

STEPHEN R. BRADLEY, Jr. 



MISS HELEN L. POWELL, Librarian. 
MISS FLORENCE L. HALSTEAD, Ass't Librarian. 



The Gettysburg Address of Abraham Lincoln 
is displayed upon the walls of Oxford University as 
an example to the students of how much can be said 
in the fewest possible English words. 

If a foreign University is compelled by its elo- 
quence to give it such a place of honor for its rhetor- 
ical qualities alone, how much more should it be 
displayed in every college, in every school, in every 
library, in every home in America. Here it is far 
more eloquent than in England. These ever-living 
words are a constant source of inspiration to a nobler 
Ufe, a truer citizenship. 

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(grant*j0 S^ar^toll Ai&rFBB. 



Soldiers of the Armies of the United States : 

By your patriotic devotion to your country in the hour 
of danger and alarm, your magnificent fighting, brav- 
ery and endurance, you have maintained the suprem- 
acy of the Union and the Constitution, overthrown all 
armed opposition to the enforcement of the laws and 
of the proclamations forever abolishing slavery — the 
cause and pretext of the rebellion — and opened the 
way to the rightful authorities to restore order and 
inaugurate peace on a permanent and enduring basis 
on every foot of American soil. Your marches, 
sieges and battles, in distance, duration, resolution 
and brilliancy of results, dim the lustre of the world's 
past military achievements, and will be the patriot's 
precedent in defense of liberty and right in all time 
to come. 

In obedience to your country's call you left your 
homes and families and volunteered in its defense. 
Victory has crowned your valor, and secured the 
purpose of your patriotic hearts; and with the grati- 
tude of your countrymen and the highest honors a 
great and free nation can accord, you will soon be 
permitted to return to your homes and families, con- 
scious of having discharged the highest duty of Amer- 
ican citizens. To achieve these glorious triumphs 
and secure to yourselves, your fellow-countrymen, 
and posterity the blessings of free institutions, tens 
of thousands of your gallant comrades have fallen 
and sealed the priceless legacy with their lives. The 
graves of these a grateful nation bedews with tears, 
honors their memories, and will ever cherish and 
support their stricken families. 



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J^eto fnrk ^tate lEiurattonal S^partmpnt, 



Albany, N. Y., July 20, 1908. 

Mr. Charles M. Montgomery, 

Waldron Post, G. A. R., Nyack, N. Y. 

Dear Sir: 

The rock specimen which you have submitted to 
me for examination, taken from the memorial boul- 
der which your Post has erected, is what is com- 
monly and commercially known as granite, not 
unlike that quarried at Peekskill. To the geologist 
the name for the rock would be dioritic gneiss, the 
white color being feldspar and the green mineral 
hornblende. It is a rock which was originally molten 
and has been intruded by internal forces into and 
through the other rocks composing the earth's crust, 
and so it might properly be termed a lava, inasmuch 
as it is of volcanic origin. 

Very truly yours. 




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State Geologist. 



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OFFICERS 



Waldron Post, 

Commander 

S. V. Commander . . 

J. V. Commander 

Chaplain 

Adjutant 

Quartermaster 

Officer of the Day 

Officer of the Guard 

Sergeant Major 

Quartermaster Sergeant 

Patriotic Instructor 

Delegate 



No. 82, G. A. R. 

ISAAC E. PYE 

.. TUNIS D. SEAMAN 

STEWART A. WALTERS 

EDWARD K. RUSSELL 

JOHN A. BURKE 

.. HENRY DeBAUN 

HARRY C ALBURTUS 

JAMES P. BABCOCK 

ABRAM L. ROMAINE 

JAMES LOCKE 

CHAS. M. MONTGOMERY 

LOUIS L. ROBBINS 



Waldron Relief 

President, . Mary M. Halliday 
S. V. President, . Maria Smith 
J. V. President, . Libbie Canning 
Secretary, . Hattie M. Walters 
Treasurer, . Blanche L. Halliday 
Chaplain, . . Lizzie N. Hunt 
Conductor, . Martha J. Scott 
Guzurd, . . Caroline Blauvelt 



Corps, No. 98. 

Ass't. Condr., Josephine Conover 
Ass't. Guard, . Mary Hoffman 
1st Color Bearer, Maggie Smith 
2nd " " Mary Phillips 

3rd " " Catherine Hogan 

4th " '* Minnie Haeselbarth 
Musician, , Mattie Witherell 
Patriotic Instructor, Mary Strack 



Thos. L. Sanborn Camp, No. 

Commander 

Sr. Vice Commander 

Jr. Vice Commander 

Secretary and Treasurer 

Chaplain 

Sergt. of the Guzurd . 

Corp. of the Guard 

Patriotic Instructor 



35, N. Y. Div., S. O. V. 

Eilis Scott 

Frank S. Scott 

W. F. Coleman 

Warren HQl 

Fred. DeBaun 

Fred. L. Christie 

. Stewart A. Walters 

. J. ELlmcr Christie 



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MEMBERS OF WALDRON POST. 

Alburtus, H. C, Private, Co. C, 13th N. Y. 
Blauvelt. J. D.. Private, Co. H, 12th N. Y ' 
Babcock, J. P., Private, Co. I, 2d B. and 24th V. R. C. 
Brown, Geo., Private, Co. A, 26th U. S. C. T. 
Burke J. A. Private, U. S. Marine Corps. 
Coates, J. W., Private, Co. I, 50th N. Y. Eng. 
Conover, J. H., Private, Co. F, 17th N. Y. Vol. 
Conover, A, Private, Co. B, 127th N. Y. Vol. 
Conklin, N.. Private, Co. I, 17th N. Y. M. 
Conklin W. H., Corporal, U. S. Marine Corps. 
DeBaun, H., Private, Co. B, 127th N. Y. Vol. 
Ennis, Geo. A., Private, 6th N. Y. H. A. 
Fitzpatrick, J., Private, Co. B, 1st N. Y. Cav. 
Gregory, L. B., Capt. Co. E, 1st N. Y. M. R. 
Glen, Matthew, Capt., Co. H., 12th N. Y. S. M. 
Homan, W. H., Private, Co. I, 57th N. Y. Vol. 
Hudson, A. A, Private, Co. B, 95th N. Y. VoL 
Handy W. A., Wagoner, Co. B, 18th Conn. Vol. 
Huested, S. B.. Capt.. Co. K. 37th U. S. C. T. 
Jewell, A.. Private, Co. L, 1st N. Y. Vol. 
Jackson, John, Private, Co. H, 122d U. S. Vol. 
Locke, J., Private, Co. K, 6th N. Y. H. A. 
Murray, R. B., Corporal, Co. C, 161st N. Y. Vol. 
Myers, W. H., Sergeant, Co. K, 5th La. Inf. C. T. 
McElroy, C, Corporal, Co. B, 161st N. Y. Vol. 
Montgomery, Chas. M., Private, Co. I, 14th N. Y. H. A. 
Pye I E., Sergeant, Co. D, 128th N. Y. Vol. 
Quick, G T., 1st Lieut, Co. C. 1st B. N. Y. Vol. 
Bobbins, L. L.. Private, Co. F, 23d Mass. Vol. 
Requa, W. S. U. S., Private, Co. C, 2d U. S. Vol. 
Romaine, A. L., Corporal. Co. C, 127th N. Y. Vol. 
Russell, Edward K., Private,2d Battery, Mass. Lt. Art. 
Sanborn, T. L., 1st Lieut., Co. D, 11th N. H. Vol. 
Scott O. H., Landsman, U. S. G. B., Eutaw. 
Smiti J. H., Private, Co. F., 95th N. Y. Vol 
Smith H E., Corporal, Co. A, 54th and 12 7th N. Y. Vol. 
Seaman, T. D., 1st Serg't, Co. B, 127th N. Y. Vol. 
Slinn, B. S., Private, Co. I, 17th N. Y. Vol. 
Salair, J. N., Niagara, U. S. N. 
Sherman, G. H., Serg't, Co. B, 10th Mass. Vol. 
Smith, Daniel, Private, Co. G. 124th N. Y. VoL 

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Sayer, Abram, Private, Co. F, 17th Conn. Inf. 

Samuels, Benjamin, Private, Co. A, 26th U. S. C. T. 

Tuttle, W. E., 1st Lieut, 48th N. Y. Vol. 

Thompson, James, Private, Co. A, 26th U. S. C. T. 

Van Wagner, R. S., Private, Co. H, 80th N. Y. Inf. 

Vandine, Jos., Private, Co. E, 22d N. J. Vol. 

Walters, S. A., Private, Co. B, 14th U. S. Inf. 

Wallace, I. S., Private, Co. A, 4th N. Y. H. A. 

Wood, H. M., Private, Co. G, 17th N. Y. Vol. 

Waldron, C. S., Private, Co. G, 17th and 146th N. Y. Vol. 

Williamson, J. H., Corporal, Co. F, 26th U. S. C. T, 



IN MEMORIAM. 



Jacob Haerle, Sept. 17, 1889, Sergt. Co. E, 15th Ger. H. A. 
Wilson Defendorf, Jan. 2, 1891, Capt, Co. K, 135th N.Y.V. 

C. E. Goodrich, May 31, 1892, Co. A, 5th N. Y. V. 
Philip Gernand, Nov. 26, 1892, Co. C, 17th N. Y. V. 

J. G. Daily, June 20, 1893, Serg't, Co. K, 6th N. Y. H. Art 
R. M. C. Hilliard, March 9, 1893, Co. E, 3d N. H. Vol. 
Andrew Dorfner, Feb. 22, 1894, Co. K, 4th N. Y. H. A. 
Henry Ennis, May 8, 1894, 6th N. Y. H. A. 
Abner Conklin, Jan. 26, 1897, Co. B, 22d N. Y. Vol. 
R. C. Walker, July 22, 1897, Co. A, 5th N. Y. H. A. 
L. E. Hogan, Nov. 16, 1897, Co. F, 47th N. Y. S. M. 
Charles McKie, Nov. 24, 1897, Co. H, 7th N. Y. S. M. 
John Tallman, May 13, 1898, Co. A, 26th U. S. Inf. 

D. F. Meisner, May 28, 1898, Co. K, 34th N. J. Vol. 
A. M. Peck, March 7, 1899, Co. B, 1st U. S. Lancers. 
Thomas Stewart Aug. 16, 1899, Co. A, N. Y. C. Inf. 
Benjamin Vanderveer, March 19, 1902, Co. C, 91st Penn. V. 
J. H. Christie, Aug. 6, 1902, Co. G, 17th N. Y. Vol. 

W. E. Sutton, Dec. 28, 1902, Co. A, 4th N. Y. H. A. 

Jas. Nicholson, 1904, Co. I, 38th Mass Vol. 

L. Van Riper, Oct 7, 1904, Co. B, 137th N. Y. Vol. 

W. Kneiss, March 9, 1904, Co. E, 4th U. S. A. 

G. F. Morse, May 25, 1905, Co. D, 91st N. Y. Vol. 

Abram Blauvelt Oct 23, 1906, Co. G, 22d N. Y. Vol. 

A. S. Smith, Feb. 20, 1908, Capt, Co. K, 20th N. Y. S. M. 

J. H. Goetschius, March 3, 1908, Co. I, 17th N. Y. S. M. 

T. Thompson, April 24th, 1908, Co. A, 26th, U. S. Inf. 

C. A. Robinson, July 15, 1908, Co. H, 120th N. Y. Vol. 



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The Committee most cordially thank Governor 
Charles E. Hughes for his commendatory and patri- 
otic introductory sketch, also our townsman, Louis 
B. Couch, M. D., for his appropriate and highly pa- 
triotic poem on page 7. 

Thanks are also tendered The Lincoln Educational 
League, Francis D. Tandy Company, Lincoln History 
Society, The Century Magazine, Mr. W. R. Caldwell, 
of McClure's Magazine, and Mr. G. B. Mitchell, of 
The Chemical Engraving Co., all of New York City; 
and the Rev. Henry Van Dyke, D. D., of Princeton, 
N. J., for courtesies extended. 



Extra copies of this Souvenir, while they last, 
may be obtained at the Journal Office for 25 cents 
each or by addressing C. M. Montgomery, Nyack, 
N. Y. The number is limited. 



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